κάμνω

κάμνω, [tense] fut. κᾰμοῦμαι, καμῇ, A.Eu.881, S.Tr.1215;

A

καμεῖται Il.2.389

, Pl.Lg.921e; [dialect] Ep. inf.

-έεσθαι A.R.3.580

: [tense] aor. 2 ἔκᾰμον, [dialect] Ep.

κάμον Il.4.187

,al.; inf. καμεῖν, [dialect] Ep. subj. redupl. κεκάμω, κεκάμῃσι, κεκάμωσιν, Il.1.168, 17.658, 7.5 (but Aristarch. read κε κάμω, etc., prob. rightly): [tense] pf.

κέκμηκα Il.6.262

, etc.: [tense] plpf.

ἐκεκμήκεσαν Th.3.98

; [dialect] Ep. part. κεκμηώς, κεκμηῶτι, κεκμηῶτα, Il.23.232, 6.261, Od.10.31;

κεκμηότας Il.11.802

; κεκμηῶτας is v.l. for κεκμηκότας in Th.3.59:— [voice] Med., [tense] aor. 2

ἐκᾰμόμην Od.9.130

, [dialect] Ep.

καμ- Il.18.341

.

I trans., work, μίτρη, τὴν Χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες wrought it, 4.187,216;

ἐπεὶ πάνθ' ὅπλα κάμε 18.614

;

σκῆπτρον . . , τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε τεύχων 2.101

, cf. 8.195;

κ. νῆας Od.9.126

;

πέπλον Il.5.338

, cf. Od.15.105;

ἵππον 11.523

;

λέχος 23.189

; ἄστυ build, A.R.1.1322: also in [tense] aor. [voice] Med.,

ἱρόν Id.2.718

.

2 [tense] aor.[voice] Med., win by toil, τὰς (sc. γυναῖκας)

αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα βίηφί τε δουρί τε μακρῷ Il.18.341

.

3 [tense] aor.[voice] Med., labour, till,

οἵ κέ σφιν καὶ νῆσον . . ἐκάμοντο Od.9.130

;

οἴκους Philet.8

.

II intr., toil, labour, τινι for one, Od.14.65;

ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Th.2.41

: then, from the effect of continued work, to be weary,

ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει Il.6.261

, cf. 11.802: with acc. of the part, οὐδέ τι γυῖα . . κάμνει nor is he weary in limb, 19.170, etc.;

περὶ δ' ἔγχεϊ Χεῖρα καμεῖται 2.389

;

ὁ δ' ἀριστερὸν ὦμον ἔκαμνεν 16.106

: freq. c. part., κ. πολεμίζων, ἐλαύνοντες, ἐρεθίζων, is weary of fighting, rowing, etc., 1.168, 7.5, 17.658, etc.;

οὐ μέν θην κάμετον . . ὀλλῦσαι Τρῶας 8.448

;

ἔκαμον δέ μοι ὄσσε πάντῃ παπταίνοντι Od.12.232

; but οὐδέ τι τόξον δὴν ἔκαμον τανύων I did not long strain over stringing the bow, i.e. did it without effort, 21.426, cf. Il.8.22: later freq. with neg., οὔτοι καμοῦμαι . . λέγουσα I shall never be tired of saying, A.Eu.881;

μὴ κάμῃς λέγων E.IA1143

;

οὐκ ἂν κάμοιμι τὰς κακὰς κτείνων Id.Or.1590

;

οὔποτε κάμοιμ' ἂν ὀρχουμένη Ar.Lys.541

(lyr.); κ. εὐεργετῶν, ἐπαινῶν, Pl.Grg.470c,Lg.921e: c. dat., κ. δαπάναις to grow tired in spending, spare expense, Pi.P.1.90.

2 to be hard-pressed, worsted, in battle or contest, ib.1.78,80;

τὸ κάμνον στρατοῦ E.Supp. 709

.

3 to be sick or suffering, τί πάσχεις; τί κάμνεις; Ar.Nu.708; οἱ κάμνοντες the sick, Hdt.1.197, cf. S.Ph.282, And.1.64, Pl.R.407c, Ep.Jac.5.15, etc.; of a doctor's patients, Hp.Acut.1, D.18.243, SIG943.10 ([place name] Cos); καμοῦσα ἀπέθανε having fallen sick, And.1.120: c. acc. cogn.,

κάμνειν νόσον E.Heracl.990

, Pl.R.408e; [τὴν ποδάγραν] v.l. in Arist.HA604a23;

τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt.2.111

; τὰ σώματα to be ill or distempered in body, Pl.Grg.478a;

ὠσίν τε κὤμμασιν Herod.3.32

;

πάθᾳ Pi.P.8.48

;

νοσήμασι Arist.HA603a30

;

ἀπὸ τοῦ τραύματος Luc.Tox.60

;

ὑπὸ νόσου Hdn.3.14.2

.

4 generally, to be distressed, meet with disaster,

στρατοῦ καμόντος A.Ag.670

;

τῷ πεποιημένῳ κ. μεγάλως Hdt.1.118

, cf. A.Ag.482 (lyr.), E.Med.1138, HF293; οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μέρος wilt not have to complain . . , S.Tr. 1215;

κ. ἔν τινι E.Hec.306

, IA966; of a ship,

νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι A.Th.210

: c. acc. cogn., οὐκ ἴσον καμὼν ἐμοὶ λύπης not having borne an equal share of grief, S.El.532.

5 in [tense] aor. part., of the dead, i. e. either outworn, or those whose work is done, or those who have met with disaster,

οἳ ὑπένερθε καμόντας ἀνθρώπους τίνυσθον Il.3.278

, cf.Theoc.17.49;

βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων Od.11.476

; εἴδωλα κ. 24.14, Il.23.72, cf. A.Supp.231, etc.: also in [tense] pf. part. in Trag. and Prose,

κεκμηκότες S.Fr.284

, E.Supp.756, Th.3.59, Pl.Lg.718a, 927b, Arist.EN1101a35; ἱερὰ τῶν κ. E.Tr.96; also in the finite Verb,

ὅπη ἄνθρωπος ἔκαμε Berl.Sitzb. 1927.158

([place name] Cyrene).--The [tense] pf. is always intr. (Cf. Skt. śamnīte 'work hard', 'serve zealously', śamitár- 'sacrificing priest', Gr. εἰρο-κόμος, κομέω, κομίζω.)